Whither (or wither) art? A resident theatre pioneer gauges the artistic pulse of the contemporary American theatre.(Critical Essay)
American Theatre, May, 2003 by Fichandler, Zelda
NOT THIS OR THAT, BUT THIS AND THAT. Because one thing is true, it doesn't necessarily follow that the opposite is not also true. Up and down, back and forth, move ahead and drop back, no straight staircase to the sky but growth in a kind of spiral: success, success, success, then failure and disappointment, then the struggle to get unstuck and push ahead, to keep on keeping on, and the one who finishes last wins. Brecht has Galileo say, "As much of the truth gets through as we push through; we crawl by inches."
Over the holidays, I had the time to catch up with the ...
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